One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A way of determining when you can plant copperleaf is to check out the USDA zone info for Seguin.

Planting Calendar for Copperleaf

Frost tolerance for copperleaf:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Copperleaf require warm weather which means that you must wait until it warms up after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant copperleaf in Seguin is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant copperleaf and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your copperleaf may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your copperleaf indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on March 15 in Seguin. You can expect an average low temperature of 15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Always keep in mind that the actual date of last frost is an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Seguin and it changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Seguin you get a frost after March 15 be ready to cover your copperleaf in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Seguin

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 20°F.

Plants to Grow in Seguin

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